The 2012 hayfever thread

I have struggled with this ailment since a child and have never managed to control it.
I am currently taking Benadryl Acrivastine. These have been good in the past, but may have to change.

I dont have a forgiving job. I work as a riverkeeper, mowing and strimming a lot. I have to wear a face mask to help me, but this only keeps the pollen off of my chest.

Change my job? No chance...

I am currently raising my eldest son to become a boffin/scientist to create a cure. He is only 7 though, so I have a long wait. :(

Grass pollen is terrible at the moment. I shower as soon as I return home and wash my clothes.
 
Itchy eyes, throat, nose, noses keeps on running and the skin rash i get it quiet bad. I sneeze so much i get headaches, but this year i was okish. I dont take any meds like the tablets or the nasal spray i just take the eye drops, my God it feels good when you drop a few in the eye.

But the best thing is you wont catch a cold while you have hayfever.
 
Im 24 and never had hayfever untill about 3 years ago, I used to think it was an attention seekers whiney ***** made up illness... Oh how I was wrong.

This week I have been having sneezing fits of about 6-8 seneezes countles times a day including at night, my eyes are sore and wont stop itching, clear snott **** is constantly running from my nose.

To make things worse ALL the medications make me so drowsy im unable to funtion. Karma is a ***** :D
 
im doing ok so far this year, normally by now i would be a sneezing snot covered mess, im only getting it in the morning then it clears up and am fine, except for thursdays, i'm always really bad on a thursday :confused:
 
The last two days I've been bad, haven't noticed it at all until I went to work (outdoorsish) and forgot to take a Piriteze, which have been pretty good in the past for me. Today however I'm sure I took one this afternoon and I'm suffering now :( really not happy. I was out of the UK last summer so I had forgotten how this feels :(
 
sadly none of these tablets seem to be doing anything :/ ill try the nose spray as i cant function properly because of this bs!
 
That stuff over the counter does not work for me....pyriton...boots own..tesco own...allereeze....sadsackeeze and they all contain exactly the same ingriedient...lol.
 
I use Boots allergy relief medicine and it works pretty well for me (I think the active ingredient is Chlorphenamine Maleate).

Keeps my symptoms at bay if I have it in the morning at 7am until I take it again at 6pm

It also works really well for my two boys who also suffer badly from hayfever.
 
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This year is horrible, and the wind makes it worse because it blows the pollen... I used cetirizine but it makes me feel so sleepy while not working a bit...
 
I usually get it but this year haven't really suffered much. I think the 2cm thick dust in my room is causing me more problems!
 
I've been reasonably ok so far, my eyes are starting to itch but I'm staying strong :D. Terrible past couple of years though.

Does any one else get really hungry when they've had a douse of hay fever? Every time I get in a bad state (sneezing, itching eyes, runny nose) I feel the need to scoff anything within reach.
 
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